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New Course on Antisemitism Aims to Promote Civil Discourse Among Students
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Amid tensions in the Middle East, Prof. Menachem Rosensaft, law, began teaching a new course that offers a safe environment for students to ask difficult questions.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/antisemitism/page/2/)
Amid tensions in the Middle East, Prof. Menachem Rosensaft, law, began teaching a new course that offers a safe environment for students to ask difficult questions.
Jon Lindseth ’56, emeritus member of the Cornell Board of Trustees and donor to the University, published an open letter that called for President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff’s resignation citing the University’s “misguided commitment” to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Patrick Dai’s detention appeal was denied by a federal judge on Tuesday. The Cornell student accused of writing antisemitic threats online will remain in custody until the yet to be announced trial date.
In an exclusive interview, Ryan Lombardi and Joel Malina discuss the campus climate following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, including the antisemitic threats made by a Cornell student, Prof. Rickford’s remark and the University’s controversial statements on these matters.
President Martha Pollack made a statement that “an explicit call for genocide, to kill all members of a group of people, would be a violation” of Cornell’s policies amid backlash at other universities.
Prof. Ross Brann, Near Eastern studies, explained the historical context of Islamophobic and antisemitic tropes and the need to fight against contemporary prejudice in a talk given to over 1,700 attendees.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Cornell is a subject of an investigation into violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in connection with antisemitic and anti-Muslim harassment.
The Sun provides an inside look into the online platform Greekrank, a site generally used to rate the chapters of the Greek system that was used two weeks ago to spread antisemitic threats.
Patrick Dai ’24 was distraught in court after the federal judge determined he was a risk of flight and thus will remain detained.
I’ve been at Cornell for 56 years. To say anti-Semitism has existed here is a difficult thing for me to speak about — especially regarding the place I call home.